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Dangerous saw
On "Ambulance Code Red" (Channel 5) this week, one of the incidents was a guy who had apparently been trimming guttering with what appeared to be a circular saw blade mounted on an angle grinder....
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OT: Car battery drain current
Gents, Anyone know what the typical quiescent drain current of a car battery is in a modern car? Say if you had a theoretical ammeter in line with the battery, what would it indicate the current...
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Problems accessing NAS
This is a continuation of the Fritzbox story, whereby the Fritzbox has a USB hard drive plugged in, which I can see and access perfectly via my laptop, but not via wife's laptop. Both connected by...
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Kitchen Plinth Light
Her who must be obeyed has been asking about low level plinth lights in the kitchen. So as the things are already in place it needs to be thin. Any suggestions as to reliable thin lights... Dave
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Replacement toilet siphon
One of our toilets is sometimes proving difficult to flush, sometimes requiring several pulls on the handle to get the siphon working. Its a close coupled system so is going to need to be completely...
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Aluminium Primer
What is the point of Aluminium? How does that work? I am using some old boat primer I found in the back of the shed. It doesn't even dissolve in white Spirit so it must be good stuff, but why is it...
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Re: Delivery van identification
On Fri, 04 Sep 2020 08:33:35 +0100 "Dave Plowman (News)" > wrote: Same as a Bradford, by Jowett. Once it was going, you could slow down in top gear (third) until you could count the engine cycles....
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WiFi experience
I've never had bother with WiFi in the past but then i've never really challenged it. At home and prior workplace everything is in close proximity. At my current workplace it just doesn't work. But...
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Sky.
Don't have Sky, but noticed just about every dish in the street has had a man up a ladder over the past few days. Has the Sky sat moved orbit? ;-)
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Recommendations for an IP67 Junction box that will:
Accept a 10mm2 3 core SWA cable & gland kit accept 2 off 10mm2 6181y meter tails (8mm diameter) and 10mm2 earth wire and have a 3 pole 60A junction box within? I can find lots of Wiska boxes but they...
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OT: gearbox oil temperature
GEnts, can anyone hazard a guess as to what the approx oil temp of a modern 6 speed automatic gearbox should be once it's got up to operating temperature? Ta.
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new FB messages
why do face book have trouble playing this video ?
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3 years ago
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petrol lawnmowers in 2020
Hello, I have an electric mower but it's not very good: it gets clogged up with wet grass and long grass will stall the motor. I keep thinking I should treat myself to a petrol one but a honda is...
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Plywood sink
idea or stupid? NT
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Copying files from old DOS to Win10
Hi So I have a really old Amstrad PC1512 with 20MB HDD. There are files that I'd like to retrieve into a more modern environment - Win10. The old PC has a 5 1/4" floppy, a serial port, and a parallel...
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